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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Negros Emergency Currency Board |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Value | 5 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress text on plain paper ground, enclosed within a repeating ornamental border of interlaced geometric devices. The denomination FIVE PESOS is set in large bold capitals at centre, with the full redemption pledge text above and below in italic script. A circular green Commonwealth of the Philippines seal is applied at right, and a green serial number is hand-stamped at lower left, with three manuscript signatures and their printed titles below. |
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| Reverse description | Plain paper ground enclosed within a repeating ornamental border matching the obverse, printed entirely in olive-green. The denomination Five Philippines Pesos is set in three lines of large serif display type at centre. Numeral 5 appears vertically at left and right margins alongside the word PESOS, and the Roman numeral V is placed at each corner. |
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The Negros Emergency Currency Board was one of several provincial emergency authorities that began issuing guerrilla currency in the Philippines after the Japanese occupation disrupted legitimate banking. Negros Occidental had a functioning resistance administration, and these notes were produced to pay local suppliers, soldiers, and civilian workers — not as symbolic gestures but as working money used in a genuine shadow economy operating under occupation.
The S662 is among the more commonly encountered Negros guerrilla issues, though significant condition variation exists. Notes that circulated heavily often show fold damage along the center horizontal, a characteristic of how they were carried folded in pockets during wartime.